I'm English. The only city in England that comes anywhere close to this number of bicycles that I've seen is Oxford. And I'm pretty sure that's only because they're trying to preserve the architecture and only busses and bicycles are allowed into the city centre. I've never seen so many cyclistis in my life. This is amazing!
Given the pricing, tax, and fuel. The primary reason is space, imagine how much parking space all those bikes would need. Let's be reasonable, most working class people can afford a car, even if it's a shitty one.
How awesome is it that the bicycles are not kept with chains ? That says something about the country. It says that it's totally different from mine :(
Also, the "tricycles" were invented in a place in Copenhagen called "Christiania" where you can openly buy weed, no matter where you're from. I love Copenhagen.
Sounds like the country for me, I'm constantly pestered to learn to drive and get a license and I don't want to right now(honestly not at all sigh). Haven't been on a bike since I was a kid but want to start back riding one again.
My small island is being over run by cars than it can handle, too many traffic jams and car accidents. We need this lifestyle. I like it. A lot of the older people in my country would agree lol, riding bicycles(or walking) is what they grew up with.
Honestly too, and it might sound sad, but I'd rather ride a bike than catch bus..but I don't want to be riding my bicycle on the main road with all of those cars :/. I like the idea of a road specifically for bikes :D. Denmark's bike lifestyle sounds so nice. We need to invest Meems! Invest in buying a bicycle, they are so expensive down here >:(.
@wolfofsahara Actually, the tricycles (called Christianiabikes locally) are suprisingly light to ride... The main problem is theft, as they get stolen a lot... Mine got stolen last year.. The cost about 2.000-3.500 dollars. Very sturdy things, even in winter
@wolfofsahara It's not just the gasoline that's taxed, they wrote in the video that "Danish laws favor bicyclist and deter private car ownership" they do that by putting a very large tax on cars. In the US you can buy a new car for around $20.000, but in Denmark that exactly same car costs around $55-60.000.
@wolfofsahara Fairly sure the 6$ is including tax, since we include tax in our prizes. And this was uploaaded in 2006. It's probably risen another 2-3$ since. At least.
95 octane petrol is about 8½ to 9 US $ per US gallon nowadays.
As for car taxes, there's a 180% import tax, plus 25% VAT ... that used to be 20%, but it went about 5 years ago, so now there's 205% tax on cars. On top of that, there's a small tax based on a cars weight, and a small tax on how polluting it is (CO 2 and stuff like that). and lets not forget that insurance is high, because the cars are expensive to repair, since mechanics have high wages too.
Wow I wish this was how it could be in America! I love to ride my bike! It's great exercise and a lot of fun. The problem is even with the cyclist lanes motorists very often ignore them. When you don't have a bicycle lane you use the sidewalks and getting crossing is a pain. I've almost gotten hit several times trying to cross minor roads in a small town. Also everything is much more spread out here so a bike ride to the store takes almost three times as long to get there without a car.
An annoying habit of some American cities that try to emulate Europe's bicylcle friendliness is to add bike lanes without widening the road or even delineating the path. Good luck riding on the left side of a lane with the flow of traffic and not getting your back tire hit.
As far as I remember, Denmark has always been a bicycle friendly country.
Vancouver, BC is doing their best in making the city and surrounding municipalities bicycle friendly. One thing's for sure, the Danes has a wonderful grasp on bicycle ethic.
Our University cities in Sweden kinda look like this at times. But not as organized Linköping is the worst... You have to be an owl to avoid getting run over :P
@KeepSakeFoundation They still ride in Winter time. The first place they remove the snow, is actualy the bike lanes. But Danes still ride their bikes when its raining + snowing.
it would be nice for a small country but car-oriented malaysia to have a bicycle culture such as denmark, but damn it's hot around here! (the weather goes up till 32°C on a typical day)
Wow not only would cycling help the enviroment but another upside I see is a huge boost for local economy keeping all the money within the city. I don't think any other city can compete with what I have just seen. good video
I have a bike, but my town doesn't even have SIDEWALKS, and crossing the street in a busy intersection with 10 second green lights doesn't help much either.
We poor cyclists in the US should just move to Denmark now xD
WOO PORTLAND....to be honest theres not much to brag about in this area and i hate going to portland even though im like 5 minutes away and quite often have too :(
@trx1961 We have a small free-town in the middle of Coppenhagen, called Christiania. No cars are allowed there, only bikes. So, it sort of, allready exist. Just in a smaller scale. :]
i prefer to either take the City bus or a bike and if Canada had more bike friendly streets i wouldnt mind taking my bike everyday on the highway(tho its impossible since cyclists end up in the hospital after getting hit my a car >.<)
its awesome to see that Denmark is more bike friendly
@VampireLoverChick depends where you are really, like in Vancouver B.C we actually do have something like this. It's a huge bridge that connects from one part of the city to another, I forgot what its called but only bicycles are allowed to ride on it. People can walk on the sidewalks of them but if they get their ass on the road then they look like Icelanders.
@VampireLoverChick It's next to impossible for that here in Canada. In Ontario anything north of Toronto gets roughly 5-8 months of solid winter in which the ground is frozen and you can't bike in extreme winter. I live in Timmins and the roads constantly need to be repaired because the shifting grounds are always breaking up the roads. It simply wouldn't be practical to build and maintain bike lanes.Unlike Denmark Canada is MASSIVE in most cases you can't bike across the country in a few days.
okay the sheer number beats portland oregon, even i myself whoi would bike all over portland also we still have to fight for our bike rights i have been run off the road by too many cars
I ride bicycle for the last 20 years in America, no car, no driver license. I'm sick of people drive their SUV to Starbucks just 1km from their home. So many excuses, too hot, too cold, its dangerous...They're affraid being called looser for walking or biking and want to show off their >$50K SUV. This world is full of selfish people, global warming is obvious Copenhagen people will go to heaven on Dec. 2012.
yeah! i love biking! i bike to and from work, store, less it's costco, to view the field, i love how Europe does things! we need to da that in america
Seems like parking of bicycles is chaotic in many spots. One has to wrestle hard to get his bicycle out of those piles... Maybe they should invest more on proper bicycle parking spots.
I think the problem with having something like this in America is that the distance from home to work (or anywhere for that matter) is quite far in some places. Though, that'd probably be one of the main 'excuses,' we'd try to come up with to prevent giving up the glorious thing that is the car. I would love something like this! Go cycling! :)
@Altarior That is not true. Copenhagen is number 1. I've e been to Amsterdam...and there is far more bicycles in Copenhagen than in Amsterdam. You guys just dont know any better...its pathetic really...It's is just wishfull thinking. ony our part. Typical arrogance by the Nederlands.
In Australia, if you ride a bike as transport you would probably list cycling as an interest. Only a small fraction of people regularly use a bike as transport. It just looks like it is just seen as normal there.. I wish it was like that here!
@tveskaeg2 Your not offending me, I am very critical of my countries and it's fat citizens attitude to cycling... In terms of cycling we are idiots, almost as bad as the Americans.
I love cycling, and I wish my town were nicer to the cyclists... But it was hard not to see how many Danes not wearing a helmet... I find that a bit concerning. And don't tell me that helmets are for pussies. They're not... Just watch Tour de France. Do you see any of the cyclists there not wearing a helmet?
@2991Emmy Uh... It´s... Well... I don´t really have an explanation on why we don´t use a helmet. It´s just something we don´t, okay it´s getting popular again with this other type of helmet - but mostly kids, so don´t worry about the children.
I don't worry about the children if they wear a helmet. What concerns me is the insanely huge number of those not wearing one. It was also hard not to notice how many Danes that are cycling (which is very good), and how narrow gaps there is between each bicycle sometimes. When there are so many cyclists riding so close to one another the risk of accidents must be very high.
@2991Emmy Good :D Ah, yeah, that´s the problem, I guess. I have ONE friend who actually wears one, and that´s only because she is made to wear it by her parents - if not they´ll take away her bike, and then she has to walk to school. But she used to cheat her parents and take it off when there weren´t any chance that they would know. Of course she willingly put her helmet on after she had an accident - she had too much speed and lost control of the bike.
@IrskUlvehund Yeah, a friend of mine just broke his hand after a meeting with a car. He hit the wrong breaks and went over the handlebar. Luckily he always wears a helmet. Or else I'm guessing it would have ended in a much bigger tradgedy.
@2991Emmy Owww, hope he is okay. Let´s just be glad that there didn´t happened something worse, okay? :D My big brother went once over the handlebar because his bag got stuck in the wheel, luckily he landed on some grass.
@IrskUlvehund Got run over by a car in Janurary (not wearing a helmet) but got away with only a concussion and some minor injuries... Now i wear a helmet!
The risk of accidents during the tour de france are way higher than in a ververy safe cyclist agglormeration in Copenagen. It's the same over here in Belgium, helmets are a bit too unhandy for short and safe distances.
@CoctoRy It probably is, but accidents still happens. 'I'm just gonna cycle down to the (whatever) it'll just take ten minutes' is no good excuse to not wear a helmet.
@2991Emmy Helmets are inconvenient and useless in a situation where you're more likely to hit a bike than a car, where you'll most likely get flung off your bike and hit the ground with your head. You can also see that everyone isn't riding particularily fast, unlike in the Tour de France.
I can't believe that you're trying to com up with good reasons to not wear a helmet. There is no good reasont to not wear one. Even forgetting it isn't a good reason to not wear one, since taking your helmet on when you're going out cycling should be as natural as putting a seatbelt on when you get into a car (or don't you wear seat-belst either..?), or a life west on when you're out in a smaller boat.
Both life wests and seat belts are designed and tested to save lifes. Cycle helmets are protection against bruises. Your fear of a bruising will lead to a law. This will scare away alot of current cyclists (check the stats) making it more dangerous for the remaining ones.
@2991Emmy I have to agree that helmets should NOT be compulsory for people 18+. That does not mean you cant wear them, just not compulsory.
Reasons 1: If helmets are mandatory less people ride bikes, the more bike riders the safer for all cyclists eg In Denmark helmets are not compulsory, BUT Denmark has fewer cycling deaths per rider.
Reason 2: A helmet will not protect you from a car and studies have shown that car drivers are more aggresive towards riders with helmets.
@tveskaeg2 Point taken on helmets, becajse statistically at least, the safest country in the world to ride a bike in is Denmark.. You should be proud of that.
Europe must have healthy people, if Denmark has the least healthy lifestyle. In Australia, we have so many overweight adults, America, I believe is similar. I did not see too many fat people in all the video's of seen of Denmark.. Since I took up cycling, mainly as transport now, I am much healthier.
@KrunchyJD In our country if you're out cycling and you get hit or run over by a car and you don't wear a helmet, you can easily get more of the blame for the accident than if you do wear one. I have never xperienced accidents myself, both beacuse I got three brakes on it, the fact that I don't take chances, and because I'm always wearing my helmet, but I both know and have heard of people exspeiencing serious damages to their head and body because of cycling accidents without wearing a helmet.
@2991Emmy I'm not saying people should not wear helmets, all I am saying is that they should not be compulsory. The stats show that rates of cycling decline when helmets are mandatory. Also the safest place to cycle in based on number of accidents is Denmark, followed by Amsterdam, where cycling rates are high but helmets non compulsory, whereas Australia is one of the most dangerous places to cycle, where cycling rates are low and helmets are compulsory.
@KrunchyJD Further the rate of cycling injuries per cyclist declines as the number increases, regardless of whether it is or is not compulsory to wear bicycle helmets. If helmets being compulsory increases safety, why is there fewer accidents per person in Denmark and The Netherlands, then Australia?
It prevents damage to your head, not your body. If it's your body you're worried about you should start using knee and elbow protectors when you're out cycling... Have a nice trip, and don't complain to me if you lose the little you go of brain cells if you get your head smashed into the asphalt. C:
@2991Emmy Driving a car without wearing a motorcycle helmet is more dangerous than riding a bike without a bicycle helemet. But yet you don't see many peoplle waering a motorcycle helmet while driving a car do you?
Unless they are on a race track.
So start advocating helmet use to car riders instead.
I would like to see any proof for that. Especially if the driver uses the safty belt.
Its all a matter of physics. If a walking person trips and falls, he will hit the ground only with his falling speed. If a biker does the same he has the falling speed, PLUS his driving speed, perhaps 20 km/h. Try banging you head into a wall with that speed, or stop the fall with you arms... Somethings gonna breake!
Are you sure that helmets doesn't save lives? Look at the Tour de France, now helmets are mandatory due to some fatal accidents in the past.
Even the best can get into something unexpected, that be pebbels, ice or a defect on the bike. Personally i tried getting hit by a car-door because a cabdriver didn't see me. And the cyclehelmet does protect. Well, not your pretty face, but your brain.
And i don't give much for the "helmet-industry-theory". Is there an airbag/seatbelt lobby too?
I would like to see the numbers. If the helmet scares people by making them realise that they can get hurt i traffic, they are pretty ignorant from the beginning.
Normally the only adults who use a helmet are the ones who had an medium-accident. F.example, a friend of mine who suffered a concussion and 7 stitches in the head. Now he uses a helmet.
@tveskaeg2 I think enyone under 18 should be forced by law, to where helmet. After that, its up to your self. Maybe people get so used to the helmet, from childhood. That they just mayby choose to keep it on.
i wish we could do that in america, but everything's so spread out and far apart! unless you live in a little apartment in the middle of the city, you have to have a car cuz cycling anywhere would take hours. i live out in the rural country in the mountains, there are no sidewalks and there is danger from coyotes and mountain lions if you walk/bike any kind of distance @.@
@akuarashi Sounds nice though :) My classmate has been to N.Y. and from what he explained I do understand why people take the car. Plus the taxa´s/cabs is much cheaper there than they are in Denmark.
@IrskUlvehund The worst part about NYC is that the taxis/cabs may be cheaper (not as I see it; taking the Subway is most likely the cheapest other than walking) but you get stuck in the endless traffic, so it's not worth that money. Walking and the subway are the fastest modes of transportation.
@BowieStardust072 Ohhh, I´ll remember that if I´m ever going to NYC! :D But my big brother´s girfriend´s father once had to take a cab home from Norway, and it was damn expencive, but stil.... Pretty cheap if you think that the norman actually drove him from Norway to Denmark XD But it was like 5000 kr. if I remember correct.
@Religion0 Psst, I agree. Okay, ugly and ugly, this wasn´t the best day they filmed on. There´s a lot of old buildings and some new too, they are mixed together - that´s is why it looks like that. I don´t like Copenhagen because when I´m there I can´t find any road-signs >w<
@IrskUlvehund Well, true. There is some nice architecture here and there, but for the most part, it's one of the smelliest and ugliest capitals I've ever seen. And I've seen a fair share of cities.
@Religion0 Sure there are :D Smelly, huh? I can´t really remember if it were smelly where I was last. I just remember it as confusing and cramped because of all the humans.
Yes, I have been to Copenhagen, and I think it's one of the ugliest cities I've seen. Botanic Garden is nice, but that's about it. The air reeks of disease.
Did he mention a name "Chris Uterus"?! Hahahaha:D
SebSk 1 month ago
I'm English. The only city in England that comes anywhere close to this number of bicycles that I've seen is Oxford. And I'm pretty sure that's only because they're trying to preserve the architecture and only busses and bicycles are allowed into the city centre. I've never seen so many cyclistis in my life. This is amazing!
DreamyDuskywing 1 month ago
I would like to visit Denmark some day...
TomislavMor 2 months ago
It reminds on of Holland. The people are crazy about bicycles there as well.
Invesigator 2 months ago
Given the pricing, tax, and fuel. The primary reason is space, imagine how much parking space all those bikes would need. Let's be reasonable, most working class people can afford a car, even if it's a shitty one.
Inzolity 2 months ago
How awesome is it that the bicycles are not kept with chains ? That says something about the country. It says that it's totally different from mine :(
flippy5sirc 2 months ago 3
wow...my bike would be useful here (._.)
KeiChii07 3 months ago
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Dustbin2008 4 months ago
Uh, horribile mass of muscular-driving trucks...
Kugluck 4 months ago
Englishmen have too much road rage to own bicycles. We'd turn bicycling in to civil war within a year.
KibaTeeVee 4 months ago
am i the only dane who HATES bicycles? and yet i use it all the time in fear for my life...
Lalapupi4girl 4 months ago
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Dustbin2008 4 months ago
Also, the "tricycles" were invented in a place in Copenhagen called "Christiania" where you can openly buy weed, no matter where you're from. I love Copenhagen.
Jinglebell1011 5 months ago
Enschede! :)
XxfireblastxX 5 months ago
Holy 200% !?!
MrKhille 5 months ago
Humon, you take up way too much of my life...
deargirl657 5 months ago 8
Sounds like the country for me, I'm constantly pestered to learn to drive and get a license and I don't want to right now(honestly not at all sigh). Haven't been on a bike since I was a kid but want to start back riding one again.
My small island is being over run by cars than it can handle, too many traffic jams and car accidents. We need this lifestyle. I like it. A lot of the older people in my country would agree lol, riding bicycles(or walking) is what they grew up with.
infernofmars 6 months ago 3
@infernofmars lol i was wondering why something about this comment sounded like i could relate to it... then i saw who wrote it
memetull 6 months ago
@memetull LOL!!! *glomp*
Honestly too, and it might sound sad, but I'd rather ride a bike than catch bus..but I don't want to be riding my bicycle on the main road with all of those cars :/. I like the idea of a road specifically for bikes :D. Denmark's bike lifestyle sounds so nice. We need to invest Meems! Invest in buying a bicycle, they are so expensive down here >:(.
infernofmars 6 months ago
What a beautiful thing...
Jphilipson 6 months ago
SATW!!
russeren2980 7 months ago
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russeren2980 7 months ago
GET OFF THE GODDAMN BYCICLE PATH YOU N00B!
Kupo231 7 months ago 105
@Kupo231 .... my line
puppywuppy23 2 months ago
@puppywuppy23 Problem bro?
Kupo231 2 months ago
You kinda look like Norman off of Yes Man.
misteridiot 7 months ago
You look like Norman off of Yes Man.
misteridiot 7 months ago
I won't even make a block carrying heavy stuff in that tricycle. D:
$6/gallon and taxed?! That would blow any Americans away.....
wolfofsahara 8 months ago
@wolfofsahara Actually, the tricycles (called Christianiabikes locally) are suprisingly light to ride... The main problem is theft, as they get stolen a lot... Mine got stolen last year.. The cost about 2.000-3.500 dollars. Very sturdy things, even in winter
kaareaksel 7 months ago
@wolfofsahara It's not just the gasoline that's taxed, they wrote in the video that "Danish laws favor bicyclist and deter private car ownership" they do that by putting a very large tax on cars. In the US you can buy a new car for around $20.000, but in Denmark that exactly same car costs around $55-60.000.
TigonIII 7 months ago
@wolfofsahara Fairly sure the 6$ is including tax, since we include tax in our prizes. And this was uploaaded in 2006. It's probably risen another 2-3$ since. At least.
Sigart 6 months ago
@Sigart
95 octane petrol is about 8½ to 9 US $ per US gallon nowadays.
As for car taxes, there's a 180% import tax, plus 25% VAT ... that used to be 20%, but it went about 5 years ago, so now there's 205% tax on cars. On top of that, there's a small tax based on a cars weight, and a small tax on how polluting it is (CO 2 and stuff like that). and lets not forget that insurance is high, because the cars are expensive to repair, since mechanics have high wages too.
It all adds up.
Jesus45U 6 months ago
@wolfofsahara
Fuel prices are even higher now, $6/gallon was 5 yearss ago while the prices was still good and low !
Try 8½ to 9 US dollar / gallon now.
Jesus45U 6 months ago
@Jesus45U I don't know where you are, but here in Washington and Oregon we get $4 gas
Spacek531 6 months ago
@Spacek531
I'm in Denmark.
You guys have such low fuel prices, you have nothing to complain about in that department at least. :)
Jesus45U 6 months ago
@Jesus45U It's not the fuel prices. It's the ENORMOUS tax on buying and owning a car.
Dustbin2008 4 months ago
@Dustbin2008
I know .. 180% import tax and then another 25% moms.
Plus all the other small stuff, sure does add up, it does.
Mentioned this in an earlier post btw.
Jesus45U 4 months ago
Odense is a better bike city than Copenhagen in denmark.
cyrexFFXI 8 months ago
Parabéns Copenhagen. Isso sim é uma inspiração para as cidades de todo o mundo.
dvbb10 8 months ago
Wow I wish this was how it could be in America! I love to ride my bike! It's great exercise and a lot of fun. The problem is even with the cyclist lanes motorists very often ignore them. When you don't have a bicycle lane you use the sidewalks and getting crossing is a pain. I've almost gotten hit several times trying to cross minor roads in a small town. Also everything is much more spread out here so a bike ride to the store takes almost three times as long to get there without a car.
midnightthecat1 9 months ago
An annoying habit of some American cities that try to emulate Europe's bicylcle friendliness is to add bike lanes without widening the road or even delineating the path. Good luck riding on the left side of a lane with the flow of traffic and not getting your back tire hit.
unnamednewbie13 9 months ago
tricycles? nonono! youre getting it all wrong, thats a Christianiabike. (;
MsJordbaerhjelm 9 months ago 5
one can even remove tax per kilometer cycling to work
WishesNeverComeTrue 9 months ago
...not a single motorbike...
RJPIL0T 9 months ago
Damn, that's a lot of bikes
patu8010 9 months ago
Probably the reason us Danes are not obese from all the delicious food... bike it off! Got to love northern Europe.
Psychonaut1992 9 months ago
No wonder a lot of Danes are fit (especially on the legs!)
LadyYuzuki 10 months ago
As far as I remember, Denmark has always been a bicycle friendly country.
Vancouver, BC is doing their best in making the city and surrounding municipalities bicycle friendly. One thing's for sure, the Danes has a wonderful grasp on bicycle ethic.
swedanica 10 months ago
I think everywhere that uses cars extensively should be like this. It is beautiful.
MissQuattrone 10 months ago
Our University cities in Sweden kinda look like this at times. But not as organized Linköping is the worst... You have to be an owl to avoid getting run over :P
Domnoidragon 10 months ago
Okay, that's a bit more than here in germany.
You only get that many in one place right after school is out. And only right in front of that school. ^^
Yora21 10 months ago
Thumbs up if Humon sent you here
EminemInfinate 11 months ago 487
@EminemInfinate
i can not believ this got 34+mine thumbs up XD way to go Humon
avetisova 10 months ago
@EminemInfinate Humon is awesome, and sent us here......
puppywuppy23 2 months ago
I wish we had something like this where I live in America; it would reduce so many carbon emissions.
blazingfiredemon7 11 months ago 5
Outlaws use monocicles.
agun17 11 months ago
Odense is an even bike friendlier city :)
KawaiiAngelAkane 1 year ago
@KawaiiAngelAkane hi,- no its not. :)
Nbstddk 1 year ago
Looks so much as Holland xD except the high tax crap O_o
theTurbokat 1 year ago
lmfao! hmm, where did I park my bike again...O.O'
nevermoreeikcin 1 year ago
if you see a person walking in the bike lines......he's from iceland
demonninjaspider 1 year ago 4
Let's see them riding in the dead of winter
KeepSakeFoundation 1 year ago
@KeepSakeFoundation They still ride in Winter time. The first place they remove the snow, is actualy the bike lanes. But Danes still ride their bikes when its raining + snowing.
ikramofir 1 year ago
@KeepSakeFoundation: watch?v=UgAPIZ6wurg
IsaacBickerstaffEsq 1 year ago
@KeepSakeFoundation - We do, still on a very big scale :) Just because it's winter, we still have to get around ;)
Kitiar 11 months ago
@KeepSakeFoundation
Trust me - we do :)
frederikrosberg 11 months ago
thumbs up if humon sent you :)
satlom 1 year ago 7
not 200% tax on cars, only 180% :p
EnjoyCocaColaLight 1 year ago 2
cool.....i wanna go there. but first i need to get working breaks for my bike... i can't stop!
ShinraIgawa 1 year ago
I'm moving to Denmark
BrokenShuriken 1 year ago
@BrokenShuriken Good luck :P
Not easy, immigrating to Denmark.
ikramofir 1 year ago
it would be nice for a small country but car-oriented malaysia to have a bicycle culture such as denmark, but damn it's hot around here! (the weather goes up till 32°C on a typical day)
JoeCentennial 1 year ago
that.... is alot of bicyclists.
themonger42 1 year ago
"As you can see the streets are completely lined with . . ."
. . .cars and vans.
IsaacBickerstaffEsq 1 year ago
Wow not only would cycling help the enviroment but another upside I see is a huge boost for local economy keeping all the money within the city. I don't think any other city can compete with what I have just seen. good video
jdjas 1 year ago
Ugh, I wish it was like that in the US too...
I have a bike, but my town doesn't even have SIDEWALKS, and crossing the street in a busy intersection with 10 second green lights doesn't help much either.
We poor cyclists in the US should just move to Denmark now xD
BalletGurl7725 1 year ago
That is a shitload of bikes there, Mr Frankenstein!
KamiKaZantA 1 year ago
do people ride bikes throughout the winter too?
surgerryy 1 year ago
@surgerryy Most do.
ITubeTooInc 1 year ago
@ITubeTooInc view*
ikramofir 1 year ago
@surgerryy
Yes we do. The municipality keeps the bike paths free of the occasional snow. Also in the smaller towns.
Jeppedenanden 1 year ago
WOO PORTLAND....to be honest theres not much to brag about in this area and i hate going to portland even though im like 5 minutes away and quite often have too :(
animelover6709 1 year ago
Wow, the bike alleys in Holland are more narrow... :(
KarrieDreammind5 1 year ago
jesus h looks like a critical mass ride 24/7
Gromitdog1 1 year ago
check....An Israeli and A Jordanian travel on Bikes for Peace...give them your support
neimoonly 1 year ago
a cycle-only city would be the most awsome thing ive...id HAVE to live there
trx1961 1 year ago
@trx1961 We have a small free-town in the middle of Coppenhagen, called Christiania. No cars are allowed there, only bikes. So, it sort of, allready exist. Just in a smaller scale. :]
ikramofir 1 year ago 2
Here in New York City we had Robert Moses who torn down whole neighborhoods to built expressways. Shows where our priorities are.
avivazip 1 year ago
I love NYC.
Porgot138 1 year ago
Such a flat country..I was wondering what the average bike commute distance is in Copenhagen a day. Does anyone know,
robhingston 1 year ago
Can people ride their bikes in the Inner City where cars are prohibited?
emMkAyY 1 year ago
@emMkAyY yes
daniel977 1 year ago
@emMkAyY No, it's a pedestrain only street named Strøget. It's the longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe.
Read more at Wikipedia: Strøget
ITubeTooInc 1 year ago
i say that in Canada we need something like this
i prefer to either take the City bus or a bike and if Canada had more bike friendly streets i wouldnt mind taking my bike everyday on the highway(tho its impossible since cyclists end up in the hospital after getting hit my a car >.<)
its awesome to see that Denmark is more bike friendly
thumps up for u Danes =3!
VampireLoverChick 1 year ago 92
@VampireLoverChick depends where you are really, like in Vancouver B.C we actually do have something like this. It's a huge bridge that connects from one part of the city to another, I forgot what its called but only bicycles are allowed to ride on it. People can walk on the sidewalks of them but if they get their ass on the road then they look like Icelanders.
mewmew5234 1 year ago 2
@mewmew5234
thank u for telling me^^
VampireLoverChick 1 year ago
@mewmew5234 In Brazilian cities, the bridges, tunnels, overpasses are only for cars! Only a few have the sidewalk.
MezabarbaBH 8 months ago
@VampireLoverChick It's next to impossible for that here in Canada. In Ontario anything north of Toronto gets roughly 5-8 months of solid winter in which the ground is frozen and you can't bike in extreme winter. I live in Timmins and the roads constantly need to be repaired because the shifting grounds are always breaking up the roads. It simply wouldn't be practical to build and maintain bike lanes.Unlike Denmark Canada is MASSIVE in most cases you can't bike across the country in a few days.
DavManCometh 6 months ago
okay the sheer number beats portland oregon, even i myself whoi would bike all over portland also we still have to fight for our bike rights i have been run off the road by too many cars
fdiw 1 year ago
I ride bicycle for the last 20 years in America, no car, no driver license. I'm sick of people drive their SUV to Starbucks just 1km from their home. So many excuses, too hot, too cold, its dangerous...They're affraid being called looser for walking or biking and want to show off their >$50K SUV. This world is full of selfish people, global warming is obvious Copenhagen people will go to heaven on Dec. 2012.
thienuyyt 1 year ago
yeah! i love biking! i bike to and from work, store, less it's costco, to view the field, i love how Europe does things! we need to da that in america
73Stargazer 1 year ago
Seems like parking of bicycles is chaotic in many spots. One has to wrestle hard to get his bicycle out of those piles... Maybe they should invest more on proper bicycle parking spots.
Seve82 1 year ago 17
@Seve82 They dont need to at all... Finding a place for you bike is easy. I live in copenhagen and in eavry street you can always find a spot
Jegskatermest 1 year ago
@Seve82 It's not a lot of streets that looks like that, most appartment complexes use their basements for bicycle parkades... :P
Dracullia 11 months ago
I think the problem with having something like this in America is that the distance from home to work (or anywhere for that matter) is quite far in some places. Though, that'd probably be one of the main 'excuses,' we'd try to come up with to prevent giving up the glorious thing that is the car. I would love something like this! Go cycling! :)
icepurity 1 year ago
I like living in Denmark because of this :3 We are number 2 or 3 on a list of most bicycle-friendly countries in the world. Holland is number 1 :P
Altarior 1 year ago
@Altarior Humon?'
v0odo013isnt45evil 1 year ago 2
@Altarior That is not true. Copenhagen is number 1. I've e been to Amsterdam...and there is far more bicycles in Copenhagen than in Amsterdam. You guys just dont know any better...its pathetic really...It's is just wishfull thinking. ony our part. Typical arrogance by the Nederlands.
ggu2b 1 year ago
@ggu2b
It isn't about how many bicycles a country or city has it is about how bicycle friendly a country or city is
Mausewous 1 year ago
Actually there is prove that helmet promotion will result in fewer body injuries,
so I have to retract that comment. Study in Sweden:
Non-head injuries to cyclists fell by 48% in helmet promotion areas compared with 32% elsewhere.
The most plausible explanation is a substantial fall in cycle use.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
It was your claim that it protected the body, so go easy on the propaganda.
And don´t worry about my head. The fewer helmets, the fewer injuries.
Judging by your name, the laws mentioned and your highly educated opinion,
maybe you should be more worried about your fat nation?
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
In Australia, if you ride a bike as transport you would probably list cycling as an interest. Only a small fraction of people regularly use a bike as transport. It just looks like it is just seen as normal there.. I wish it was like that here!
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
@KrunchyJD We do have a bit of a problem with it in the countryside.
Generally though, we don´t get fat, we just die a bit younger than most of the rest.
We like to party :)
And that is thanks to the bicycle in main.
Australia is scarescenario number 1 (no offense)
Before your laws it was different.
Lots of good info here and alot on Australia if you don´t know it already:
cyclehelmets(dot)org
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@tveskaeg2 Your not offending me, I am very critical of my countries and it's fat citizens attitude to cycling... In terms of cycling we are idiots, almost as bad as the Americans.
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
u been around nr bronx. please come back, cool video.
hjalmer 1 year ago
That's a lot of bikes to steal.
alasanof 1 year ago 3
@alasanof xDDD!!!!
KanoxRuki 1 year ago
Where are your helmets guys XD
CarmenMCS 1 year ago
... from what I see, alot of bikes, don't they have any (underground) parking lots/places in Denmark?
jimajialone 1 year ago
@jimajialone
Yes they do, but it's much easier just to leave it where up along the streets.
Nygaard2 1 year ago
@jimajialone sure we do xD it's not like we live in the 16th centery :)
luminelle3 1 year ago
Many bikes. Like Japan but eourupe.
Ilovekulashaker 1 year ago
I love cycling, and I wish my town were nicer to the cyclists... But it was hard not to see how many Danes not wearing a helmet... I find that a bit concerning. And don't tell me that helmets are for pussies. They're not... Just watch Tour de France. Do you see any of the cyclists there not wearing a helmet?
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy Uh... It´s... Well... I don´t really have an explanation on why we don´t use a helmet. It´s just something we don´t, okay it´s getting popular again with this other type of helmet - but mostly kids, so don´t worry about the children.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund
I don't worry about the children if they wear a helmet. What concerns me is the insanely huge number of those not wearing one. It was also hard not to notice how many Danes that are cycling (which is very good), and how narrow gaps there is between each bicycle sometimes. When there are so many cyclists riding so close to one another the risk of accidents must be very high.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy Good :D Ah, yeah, that´s the problem, I guess. I have ONE friend who actually wears one, and that´s only because she is made to wear it by her parents - if not they´ll take away her bike, and then she has to walk to school. But she used to cheat her parents and take it off when there weren´t any chance that they would know. Of course she willingly put her helmet on after she had an accident - she had too much speed and lost control of the bike.
There isn´t much we can do about it.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund Yeah, a friend of mine just broke his hand after a meeting with a car. He hit the wrong breaks and went over the handlebar. Luckily he always wears a helmet. Or else I'm guessing it would have ended in a much bigger tradgedy.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy Owww, hope he is okay. Let´s just be glad that there didn´t happened something worse, okay? :D My big brother went once over the handlebar because his bag got stuck in the wheel, luckily he landed on some grass.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund Yeah. He's taking it rather lightly:) And that's good.Then your brother was very lucky.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund Got run over by a car in Janurary (not wearing a helmet) but got away with only a concussion and some minor injuries... Now i wear a helmet!
lilla91 1 year ago
@lilla91 Lucky you, and I understand you :D Very wise :D
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@2991Emmy
The risk of accidents during the tour de france are way higher than in a ververy safe cyclist agglormeration in Copenagen. It's the same over here in Belgium, helmets are a bit too unhandy for short and safe distances.
CoctoRy 1 year ago
@CoctoRy It probably is, but accidents still happens. 'I'm just gonna cycle down to the (whatever) it'll just take ten minutes' is no good excuse to not wear a helmet.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy Helmets are inconvenient and useless in a situation where you're more likely to hit a bike than a car, where you'll most likely get flung off your bike and hit the ground with your head. You can also see that everyone isn't riding particularily fast, unlike in the Tour de France.
constantlyboreduser 1 year ago
@constantlyboreduser
I can't believe that you're trying to com up with good reasons to not wear a helmet. There is no good reasont to not wear one. Even forgetting it isn't a good reason to not wear one, since taking your helmet on when you're going out cycling should be as natural as putting a seatbelt on when you get into a car (or don't you wear seat-belst either..?), or a life west on when you're out in a smaller boat.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
Both life wests and seat belts are designed and tested to save lifes. Cycle helmets are protection against bruises. Your fear of a bruising will lead to a law. This will scare away alot of current cyclists (check the stats) making it more dangerous for the remaining ones.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@2991Emmy I have to agree that helmets should NOT be compulsory for people 18+. That does not mean you cant wear them, just not compulsory.
Reasons 1: If helmets are mandatory less people ride bikes, the more bike riders the safer for all cyclists eg In Denmark helmets are not compulsory, BUT Denmark has fewer cycling deaths per rider.
Reason 2: A helmet will not protect you from a car and studies have shown that car drivers are more aggresive towards riders with helmets.
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
@KrunchyJD
18+ is way too late. We can throw them in jail before that.
Cycling in Denmark will slowly die out by forcing teenagers to use it.
I can live with our Scandinavian brothers calling us flatlanders.
It´s ok, we can retaliate. And we know those fjeldaber likes us. ;)
If however, they could call us fatlanders I would just ask them to shoot me now.
Except for cycling, we got amongst the least healthy lifestyles in Europe.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago 2
@tveskaeg2 Point taken on helmets, becajse statistically at least, the safest country in the world to ride a bike in is Denmark.. You should be proud of that.
Europe must have healthy people, if Denmark has the least healthy lifestyle. In Australia, we have so many overweight adults, America, I believe is similar. I did not see too many fat people in all the video's of seen of Denmark.. Since I took up cycling, mainly as transport now, I am much healthier.
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
@KrunchyJD In our country if you're out cycling and you get hit or run over by a car and you don't wear a helmet, you can easily get more of the blame for the accident than if you do wear one. I have never xperienced accidents myself, both beacuse I got three brakes on it, the fact that I don't take chances, and because I'm always wearing my helmet, but I both know and have heard of people exspeiencing serious damages to their head and body because of cycling accidents without wearing a helmet.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy I'm not saying people should not wear helmets, all I am saying is that they should not be compulsory. The stats show that rates of cycling decline when helmets are mandatory. Also the safest place to cycle in based on number of accidents is Denmark, followed by Amsterdam, where cycling rates are high but helmets non compulsory, whereas Australia is one of the most dangerous places to cycle, where cycling rates are low and helmets are compulsory.
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
@KrunchyJD Further the rate of cycling injuries per cyclist declines as the number increases, regardless of whether it is or is not compulsory to wear bicycle helmets. If helmets being compulsory increases safety, why is there fewer accidents per person in Denmark and The Netherlands, then Australia?
KrunchyJD 1 year ago
@2991Emmy How does a helmet prevent damage to the body?
Prove that and maybe ill start wearing one. Amazing level of trust you put into a piece of plastic worth around 7-8 euro in Denmark.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@tveskaeg2
It prevents damage to your head, not your body. If it's your body you're worried about you should start using knee and elbow protectors when you're out cycling... Have a nice trip, and don't complain to me if you lose the little you go of brain cells if you get your head smashed into the asphalt. C:
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@constantlyboreduser Sorry, went out of letters, or whatever...
One should always be prepeared. Accidents usually happens when you least expect them to.
2991Emmy 1 year ago
@2991Emmy Driving a car without wearing a motorcycle helmet is more dangerous than riding a bike without a bicycle helemet. But yet you don't see many peoplle waering a motorcycle helmet while driving a car do you?
Unless they are on a race track.
So start advocating helmet use to car riders instead.
ITubeTooInc 1 year ago
@ITubeTooInc
I would like to see any proof for that. Especially if the driver uses the safty belt.
Its all a matter of physics. If a walking person trips and falls, he will hit the ground only with his falling speed. If a biker does the same he has the falling speed, PLUS his driving speed, perhaps 20 km/h. Try banging you head into a wall with that speed, or stop the fall with you arms... Somethings gonna breake!
So quit the bull****
Hjorth87 1 year ago
@Hjorth87
Hmm, since motorcyclehelmets are actually designed to save lives and cyclehelmets isn´t, he may have a point.
Though I suspect it is a little piece of junkscience not counting number of participants.
Can´t blame it really. Junkscience is a matter of routine for the helmet/car industry.
Fight fire with fire.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@tveskaeg2
Are you sure that helmets doesn't save lives? Look at the Tour de France, now helmets are mandatory due to some fatal accidents in the past.
Even the best can get into something unexpected, that be pebbels, ice or a defect on the bike. Personally i tried getting hit by a car-door because a cabdriver didn't see me. And the cyclehelmet does protect. Well, not your pretty face, but your brain.
And i don't give much for the "helmet-industry-theory". Is there an airbag/seatbelt lobby too?
Hjorth87 1 year ago
@Hjorth87
No, I am sure they do save some lives. Atleast in the short-term. Even the producers won´t make that claim though, they leave that to the believers.
Biggest problem is, they tend to scare people away from riding and into cardrivers.
So is the helmet a gateway to obesity, pollution and a higher percentage of dead cyclists?
And since Volvo made a campaign (in Holland of all places) not for cyclehelmets but for their baby-cyclehelmets it isn´t really a theory.
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@tveskaeg2
I would like to see the numbers. If the helmet scares people by making them realise that they can get hurt i traffic, they are pretty ignorant from the beginning.
Normally the only adults who use a helmet are the ones who had an medium-accident. F.example, a friend of mine who suffered a concussion and 7 stitches in the head. Now he uses a helmet.
Hjorth87 1 year ago
@Hjorth87
Plenty of small-scale studies around, that shows promotion leads to a drop in cycling.
It gets even worse when the inevitable law is being brought in.
Is there a country with a helmet law and over 3% cycling commuters?
The biggest safety increase a cyclist can get, is through more cyclists.
I have yet to see a study that can show an increase to cycling, after helmet promotion.
European Cyclists Federation got a nice campaign:
"Ask me why I cycle without a helmet"
tveskaeg2 1 year ago
@tveskaeg2 I think enyone under 18 should be forced by law, to where helmet. After that, its up to your self. Maybe people get so used to the helmet, from childhood. That they just mayby choose to keep it on.
ikramofir 1 year ago
@ITubeTooInc lol a helmet in a car would totaly block your sight :P
ikramofir 1 year ago
i wish we could do that in america, but everything's so spread out and far apart! unless you live in a little apartment in the middle of the city, you have to have a car cuz cycling anywhere would take hours. i live out in the rural country in the mountains, there are no sidewalks and there is danger from coyotes and mountain lions if you walk/bike any kind of distance @.@
akuarashi 1 year ago
@akuarashi Sounds nice though :) My classmate has been to N.Y. and from what he explained I do understand why people take the car. Plus the taxa´s/cabs is much cheaper there than they are in Denmark.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund The worst part about NYC is that the taxis/cabs may be cheaper (not as I see it; taking the Subway is most likely the cheapest other than walking) but you get stuck in the endless traffic, so it's not worth that money. Walking and the subway are the fastest modes of transportation.
BowieStardust072 1 year ago
@BowieStardust072 Ohhh, I´ll remember that if I´m ever going to NYC! :D But my big brother´s girfriend´s father once had to take a cab home from Norway, and it was damn expencive, but stil.... Pretty cheap if you think that the norman actually drove him from Norway to Denmark XD But it was like 5000 kr. if I remember correct.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@akuarashi why not bring a gun or a bat or something... maybe dynamite
FissecatOriginals 1 year ago
@FissecatOriginals haha, dynamite. you would need dynamite against a pack of coyotes >w>
akuarashi 1 year ago
well, yes, i would throw it at them, and hope it would scare the ones it didn't blow up, away. XD
FissecatOriginals 1 year ago
@FissecatOriginals note to self: carry extra dynamite around town (...extra?)
akuarashi 1 year ago
oh my god, now I'm ashamed that I can't cycle O.o
and 'no cars in city center' is the best idea ever!
murkypasta 1 year ago
i didn't know there where that many bikes in copenhagen
but still i believe that there more bikes in Amsterdam ;)
Deidaraloveforever 1 year ago
@Deidaraloveforever Holland/The Netherlands is actually the most cycle friendly country in the world, with Denmark in second or third place~
(learned that from Humon :D)
sasuke7naruto7 1 year ago
@sasuke7naruto7 yes i know that NL is the most cycle friendly country in the world ^^
because i live in the netherlands 8D
but one question how is Humon??
Deidaraloveforever 1 year ago
@sasuke7naruto7 me too XD
FissecatOriginals 1 year ago
@Deidaraloveforever there's probably also more crashes, with the legal drugs and all
FissecatOriginals 1 year ago
Copenhagen is one ugly city. Very bike friendly, but still ugly.
Religion0 1 year ago
@Religion0 Psst, I agree. Okay, ugly and ugly, this wasn´t the best day they filmed on. There´s a lot of old buildings and some new too, they are mixed together - that´s is why it looks like that. I don´t like Copenhagen because when I´m there I can´t find any road-signs >w<
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund Well, true. There is some nice architecture here and there, but for the most part, it's one of the smelliest and ugliest capitals I've ever seen. And I've seen a fair share of cities.
Religion0 1 year ago
@Religion0 Sure there are :D Smelly, huh? I can´t really remember if it were smelly where I was last. I just remember it as confusing and cramped because of all the humans.
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@IrskUlvehund Or I just have a sensitive nose. XD
It's very cramped, true.
Religion0 1 year ago
@Religion0 Could be or not XD
Very cramped XD
IrskUlvehund 1 year ago
@Religion0 have u ever been in Copenhagen
FissecatOriginals 1 year ago
@FissecatOriginals Have you ever learned how to write proper English?
Yes, I have been to Copenhagen, and I think it's one of the ugliest cities I've seen. Botanic Garden is nice, but that's about it. The air reeks of disease.
Religion0 1 year ago